Last we saw D’avin, he got offered a new job. His evaluation with a RAC representative (Lisa Ryder) goes well enough that he’s accepted as a Level 4 (meaning he outranks his brother, heh). But he still needs to get a psych eval before he can officially get to work.

Uh-oh.

Back on Westerley, Dutch is interrogating the man Khlyen sent her to kill. In the end, he swears he has no idea why he’s a target. Dutch lets him go with a warning that he’d better disappear.

Old Town is more of a brawl zone than usual. Harvesters are back from Leith for the week, with all kinds of Joy (local currency) and a thirst. Local bartender Pree (Thom Allison) gives our Killjoys free drinks in exchange for bouncer duties. This week, they’re on overtime. D’avin, however, gets a little too into the job when local lady Pawter (Sarah Power) gets manhandled. Luckily, Dutch shows up, fires a shot, and utters my favorite line of the show so far: “I have a headache, a badge, and a gun. Behave.”

Rawr.

Turns out Pawter is a doctor. Dutch suggests D’avin hit her up for a rubber-stamp approval. For his part, John takes advantage of the 20 percent discount on Sexers and spends time with N’oa (Elena Juatco)—except that he seems more in the mood to talk than to have sex. Which is just fine with N’oa, who bypasses John’s need to talk to present our mission for the week! Her husband, Vincent (John’s face is great), went to Leith to harvest Hokk, and he didn’t come back. She’s worried. Plus, she had to cosign his work visa, which expires in two days. If he doesn’t come back, she goes to jail for the penalty.

We have a case. Plus, Dutch and John are going undercover. Double bonus!

D’avin’s attempt to get Pawter to clear his psych eval doesn’t go as planned. She wants something in return: a trip to Leith and the Bazaar for supplies. Mission #2.

Dutch is going undercover in style. Her meeting with Hokkery owner Medros Martell (George Tchortov) is a study in nobility and grace. Who IS this woman?

John is already in place on Leith as a Hokk picker. Yay! He meets Shyla (Hannah Anderson) and grumblingly jokes about his friend Vincent Sh’ao, who told him this was a great job. He also gets a chip embedded in his ear when he starts work. What’s that about?

Ohhhhhh. That chip in his ear is a tracking device. If someone tries to run, the chip explodes when they cross a boundary or it’s activated by a guard. So, yeah, Johnny has got a bomb in his head. Whee!

After a quick meetup with Dutch, the plan is this: Get into the system that operates the trackers, disable John’s, and find Vincent. Dutch needs a scan of Martell’s eye. She gets it in a very sexy, BDSM-tinged scene that ends with Martell knocked out and thinking he had the time of his life.

Back at the Bazaar, Pawter is looking for meds. After a little hassle from a Leithian (class politics are a bitch), she injects the merchant with some sort of deadly fever and holds the antidote as ransom. Okay, turns out it was water, but it shows that she’ll do whatever she must to get what she wants. We also learn that she grew up on Qresh and went to Westerley to help people. She’s also figured out that D’avin’s Battle Brain may be more serious than we think. This should be interesting. But D’avin also knows that Pawter has got a story, and it’s not all charitable. She was banished from Qresh and had her license revoked. These two already have a “fuck or fight” chemistry. I can’t wait to see where it goes.

Dutch manages to locate Vincent’s tracker. Good news: She finds it. Bad news: It’s attached to his ear, but his ear isn’t attached to his head. There’s also a pile of ears. Um. Gross. Not to mention, why hasn’t Martell reported them missing?

Progress. John is making friends and getting intel. Yep, Shyla is in on whatever’s going on. She’ll take him, but he’s gotta give up his ear first. Earless Johnny gets the dirt. Shyla takes him to Vincent, who’s very much alive. He’s also running his own Jakk farm in a nearby forest. Jakk is the crack cocaine of the Quad: very addictive and very, very profitable.

When Dutch tries to track John and finds his ear, she and D’avin go into recovery mode. D’avin is ready to fly in and burn the forest, but Dutch gets waylaid by Martell, who’s not too happy he’s got a Killjoy on his farm. A kickass fight ensues and, wouldn’t you know, Martell is in on the Jakk farm. He’s tricked the local authorites into basically napalming the area. Dutch had better hurry!

At last we meet Vincent (Stefano DiMatteo) and, wouldn’t you know, he’s hooking up with Shyla. His wife is gonna be cranky. That’s a surprise for Shyla. Also, Vincent is a real piece of work. He’s about two seconds away from just shooting John in the head, but he makes Shyla do it. She’s hesitating. Dutch and D’avin are on the way, but Johnny is a self-rescuing princess prince.

Johnny still had the laser blade he used to cut off his ear, and he tosses that into a Jakk pile. Jakk is reeeaaaaal flammable and gives him the distraction he needs. By the time Dutch gets there, he’s got everyone on their knees and cuffed.

Johnny Jaqobis …

The defoliating ships are on their way, so suddenly Vincent is all ready to give up. But Shyla is a real fanatic and chooses to stay and “fight.” Everybody runnnnnnnn!

They get back to Westerley and Vincent is reunited with N’oa, who promptly punches him and then serves him up to John. Poor Vincent is going to jail. ‘Bye, Vincent!

John and D’avin visit Pawter. John is going to get his ear reattached (Dutch saved it), and D’avin—well, she’s going to give him the psych pass. But she knows there’s something wrong. Wrong enough that even D’avin doesn’t remember. She offers to treat him. This is gonna get gooooood.

We end with a heart-to-heart (this feels like a Winchester Brothers moment) between Dutch and John. Both of them admit to having been … off. John is feeling a little replaceable now that D’avin joined. Dutch assures him he’s utterly unreplaceable (aww!) and, while Dutch doesn’t tell him why she’s been so off, she tells him that it’s handled and promises no more secrets in the future.

Expression Of JoyThe Brady Bunch: Groovy! The Bradys: Ritual hugging Married…With Children: ”Oh, great.” Thirtysomething: ”Of course I’m happy for you. Really. But what about me? Why does it always have to be about you? The Flintstones: ”Yabba-dabba doo

Expression Of Rage

The Brady Bunch: ”Hmmm…” The Bradys: ”If you back away from something you really want, then you’re a quitter!” (the angriest any Brady has ever been) Married…With Children: ”Aaagh, God, take me from this miserable life!” Thirtysomething: ”I’m not angry, OK?” The Flintstones: ”Willllmaaaa!”

Typical ProblemThe Brady Bunch: Marcia and her rival both want to be the prom queen. The Bradys: Bobby gets paralyzed. Married…With Children: Al doesn’t buy his family Christmas presents. Thirtysomething: Nancy gets cancer. The Flintstones: Fred and Barney are staying out too late.

Typical SolutionThe Brady Bunch: The prom committee decides to have two queens. The Bradys: Bobby gets married. Married…With Children: They hate him. Thirtysomething: If only we knew… The Flintstones: Wilma and Betty decide to follow them.

Attitude Toward SexThe Brady Bunch: Never heard of it The Bradys: Omigod — even Cindy does it! Married…With Children: Peg: Yes. Al: No. Thirtysomething: They didn’t get all those kids by accident. The Flintstones: Prehistoric

How Spouses FightThe Brady Bunch: They don’t. The Bradys: Infrequently, but it happens Married…With Children: Tooth and nail Thirtysomething: They stop talking The Flintstones: Fred and Barney go bowling while Wilma and Betty max out their charge cards.

How Kids Get Into TroubleThe Brady Bunch: Greg takes a puff of a cigarette. The Bradys: Carol’s grandson steals her business cards and sticks them in the spokes of Bobby’s wheelchair. Married…With Children: By committing felonies Thirtysomething: Ethan plays with a forbidden toy rocket. The Flintstones: They don’t.

How They’re Punished

The Brady Bunch: ”It’s not what you did, honey — it’s that you couldn’t come to us.” The Bradys ”Next time, ask.” Married…With Children: By the authorities Thirtysomething: It blows up in his face. The Flintstones: They’re not.

What Family Does For FunThe Brady Bunch: Takes special three-part vacations to Hawaii and the Grand Canyon The Bradys: Has flashbacks Married…With Children: Exchanges insults Thirtysomething: Talks The Flintstones: Attends showings of The Monster at the Bedrock Drive-In

Unsolved MysteriesThe Brady Bunch: How exactly did Carol’s first husband and Mike’s first wife die? The Bradys: What’s with Marcia’s new face and Bobby’s blonde hair Married…With Children: What kind of hair spray does Peg use? Thirtysomething: Why did Nancy take Elliot back? What do Gary and Susanna see in each other? The Flintstones: How does Barney’s shirt stay on if he has no shoulders? Where do Fred and Wilma plug in their TV?

Worst BehaviorThe Brady Bunch: The Brady children once made Alice feel under-appreciated.

Best Reason To WatchThe Brady Bunch: This is what life should be. The Bradys: They’re all grown-ups now! Married…With Children: Terry Rakolta hates it. Thirtysomething (Tie) This is your life. This isn’t your life. The Flintstones: This is what life might have been.

Best Reason Not To WatchThe Brady Bunch: Blurred vision from rerun overdoses. The Bradys: You’re all grown-ups now. Married…With Children: She has a point. Thirtysomething: After a while, you think it’s real. The Flintstones: The Simpsons